GTA IV hijacks top spot in Japan sales chart
by Ross Miller 
{ Nov 5th 2008 at 7:49PM }
Well, it looks like that trend has stumbled into a dark alley and been bludgeoned to death. According to Famitsu's weekly charts, Grand Theft Auto IV for PlayStation 3 has claimed the top spot in software sales in its debut week. The Xbox 360 version took the 4th spot. Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One and LittleBigPlanet (PS3) took 2nd and third place, respectively. Exact numbers haven't been released yet. Full top ten list after the break.
[Via PS3 Fanboy]
- Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
- Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One (DS)
- LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (360)
- Wagamama Fassion Girls Mode (DS)
- Pokemon Platinum (DS)
- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: Spec III (PS3)
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS)
- Chocobo's Dungeon DS+ (DS)
- Wii Music (Wii)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dubbz3030 @ Nov 5th 2008 7:36PM
haahaaaahhhaa!
the Japanese dont even like LBP. LMAO!!
Premature ejaculation man @ Nov 5th 2008 7:46PM
Its 3rd LMAOLOLOLOLRoFLMAO...
Also, why did it take so long to come out in Japan?
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 5th 2008 7:47PM
get banned again azure?
Did you notice the PS3 had 2/3 top slots?
Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2008 8:09PM
Recording the dialog in English took forever, so the translation took forever and a day.
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 5th 2008 8:46PM
hehe, I wonder what accent Japanese Nico has
Smurfy @ Nov 6th 2008 12:57PM
Irish.
lordwindowlicker @ Nov 6th 2008 10:34PM
Dude, it's #3... or did you not notice?
Moptimus Slime @ Nov 5th 2008 7:37PM
GTA IV beat out Wagamama Fassion Girls Mode? That's gotta be the upset of the year
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Nov 6th 2008 8:34AM
I blame the anticipation of Shenmue 5...
I mean Yakuza 3.
Pedobear @ Nov 5th 2008 7:51PM
Wagamama is actually in 5th place? Who would buy shit like that?
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 5th 2008 7:54PM
uhh.. lots and lots of Japanese people?
Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2008 8:11PM
This just in: The Japanese also buy crap games too!
Pedobear @ Nov 5th 2008 8:24PM
You serious!?
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 5th 2008 8:26PM
No, I'm not being serious.
I own Famitsu, and put Wagamama in 5th place just to confound you
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Welcome Back Party Ultimate Mega Action Force) @ Nov 6th 2008 8:33AM
Pedobear is seeking for love!
j.howlett @ Nov 5th 2008 7:58PM
they're just getting it and i have 1 trophy for it. at least they get them from launch
FSK405K @ Nov 5th 2008 8:34PM
Ya but what's selling on 360 in Japan other than Vesperia?
Ayrkain @ Nov 5th 2008 8:38PM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13511800&postcount=465
GTA4 is the only thing in the top 30, but Fracture and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway picked up a few sales too.
Jacksons @ Nov 5th 2008 8:38PM
PS3 and 360 are pretty swank, Japan. Seriously! Buy them!
Mr Khan @ Nov 5th 2008 9:45PM
If Sony and Microsoft tried making their consoles appealing to them, they'd buy more
Though if they did that, I wouldn't be staring down a slew of 3rd party original titles and a slew of top-tier franchise entries for 2009
el serpiente @ Nov 5th 2008 10:22PM
Well, looks like the only wii game in the top 10 is wii music at number 10. As opposed to 1, 3 and 7 for the PS3 and 4 for the 360. Looks like they find them pretty appealing.
The kool-aid you are drinking is making you blind.
Elor @ Nov 6th 2008 3:05PM
You could say that to America.
And it wouldn't help any. You know why? Because the Wii is actually a good videogame console unlike the other two.
El serpiente, if you have watched the sales data at all, you will know that this is a very rare occurrence. What's more, GTA4 actually sold only about 150.000 copies total on both platforms combined... less than Wii Music has sold to date. Next week is the real kicker: if Wii Music stays, and GTA4 and LBP drop out, then they have no hope of outselling it in lifetime sales in Japan.
Haggard @ Nov 6th 2008 2:50AM
What's the point of trying to appeal to Japan?
It'd be like making games that only cater for Germany or Iran.
el serpiente @ Nov 6th 2008 9:26AM
"Because the Wii is actually a good videogame console unlike the other two."
Man, you're smoking the fire flower too. Or you're 12.
Sami @ Nov 6th 2008 3:07PM
You got it backwards. 12 is the target age for Xbox 360. Meanwhile, PS3 isn't targeted at any age.
Negativecool @ Nov 5th 2008 8:50PM
Erm...WTF? Amiryte?
Lavat @ Nov 6th 2008 4:01AM
This may as well be entirely contradictorily to the higher sales in 360s. Although the reason may be that the Japanese do not know what the hell to do with this American hardware (that was not manufactured in America...).
But the sales for the 360 may actually pick up in the next 2 months with the rise of the Japanese taking to foreign Game Development. And might nearly beat out the Wii, I am pulling all of this out of my ass.
If you also see a rise in Violence it might prove the case of Violent video games effecting people with the ultra violent GOW2 and all, In which all credibility of sourced information goes to me and this post....
Or it just could be a small phenomenon...You never know....
Jakka @ Nov 6th 2008 6:32AM
Can somebody remind me why do we give a shit about Japan again? Retarded fanboys trolling that "this week Japs hated the 360 more than they hate the PS3", aside.
koehler83 @ Nov 6th 2008 6:55AM
Well console preferences aside, it does continue to reinforce GTA4's Game of the Year potential.
LaughingTarget @ Nov 6th 2008 8:13AM
It's a shame Fallout 3 came out. This effort is for naught.
koehler83 @ Nov 6th 2008 12:48PM
I dont think a game that is broken by swinging a baseball bat aimless stands any chance of being GOTY.
Seriously.. baseball bat + endless clicks of the left mouse button = immortality.
The game sucks.
Smurfy @ Nov 6th 2008 12:59PM
Probably because Japan already has total-immersion-virtual-reality-suites.
Julio @ Nov 6th 2008 1:32PM
The game is good enough